Shiloh National
Military Park is owned and administrated by the National Park Service, a section
of the Department of the Interior. Shiloh was established on December
27th, 1894 to commemorate one of the greatest battles fought in the Western
theatre of the war, and was one of the first five Civil War Military Parks
established in the United States. Shiloh is often considered one of the
best preserved of all the Civil War battlefields in this country and, unlike
Gettysburg, does not have any major state roads traveling through the
battlefield, which helps preserve the unique atmosphere found at
Shiloh.

Confederate
General Johnston died under this tree during the battle.

After arriving
at the battlefield (located in south-western Tennessee, west of Savannah,
Tennessee and north of Corinth, Mississippi) visitors are treated with a
spectacular view of the northern portion of the battlefield as they make their
way to the visitor's center. After watching a short documentary on the
battle and looking at the small museum there, visitors can visit the nearby
National Cemetery and begin the 10 mile, 14 stop driving tour of the
battlefield. Highlights of this driving tour include stops three and four,
which interpret the Hornet's Nest and Ruggles' Battery, tour stop seven at the
Shiloh Church, and tour stops thirteen and fourteen at the Peach Orchard and the
Bloody Pond. The battlefield also contains over a hundred and fifty
monuments dedicated to the states and regiments who fought in the battle, and
are spread across the 4,000 acre battlefield. Any true history buff could
easily spend a full day at this "place of peace."